Raúl Arévalo supports Javier Bardem’s ‘No to war’ at the Oscars, which made him feel “proud as a Spaniard”

Raúl Arévalo, Vito Sanz, Gabriel Guevaraprotagonists of ‘Por hundred millions’, the new original series from Movistar Plus+, have unwaveringly supported the ‘No to war’ pronounced by Javier Bardem during the last edition of the Oscars. A moment that, like the demands expressed at the Goya gala or the most recent ones at the Actors Union Awards, has made them feel “proud.”

“I believe that everyone has to do what they consider, and those who do not want to speak out seem respectable to me, and those who want to speak out, too.“Arévalo began reflecting in an interview with Europa Press in which, along with his co-stars, he also praised Bardem’s bravery in the face of Hollywood’s silence.

“Personally, I do feel proud as a Spaniard at this moment that the Goyas are getting wet and that at the Oscars the only one who speaks is Javier Bardem“, points out the winner of three Goya awards that in ‘For one hundred million’, which will arrive on Movistar Plus+ on Thursday, March 26, he plays, like Sanz and Guevara, one of the three men who in 1981 kidnapped the footballer Enrique Castro ‘Quini’, star of FC Barcelona.

“I think so too“, has supported Sanz, who assures that “those statements” against the War in Iran or asking for peace in Gaza from actors, directors and other professionals who make them feel “proud” to belong to the world of cinema. As to whether a film awards ceremony is a good place for this type of positioning or, as some maintain, art and politics should have separate spaces, Sanz assures that in “these spaces” he has “every right to say or not say and it is nice to see it that way.” “I completely agree with them“Guevara has supported.

CINEMA, ALWAYS IN THE FOREGROUND

Nacho G. Velilla, co-creator and director of the series, believes that at festivals, award galas and film events “in the foreground it has to be in cinema” but there must also be “always a small space for each person to explain what they feel.”

“What we have to claim are the films that are made every year, but fortunately, as part of that society, we also have to comment on what we think about life, how the butcher can give his opinion or how I can give an opinion when I go to the bar… what happens is that it probably has more impact with us,” reflects the filmmaker who, in any case, assures that artists do not have to face “any obligation” when it comes to positioning themselves. “Everyone has to be very free to do what they want”says the filmmaker.

“Well, obviously we don’t have any obligation, but there is a glimmer of responsibility.”“, explains Agustín Otón, the person in charge of giving life to ‘Quini’ in fiction, who has also been “very proud” that Javier Bardem was “the one who most called for this need to say ‘No to war’.”

And, defends the interpreter, “cinema, consciously or unconsciously, is politics.” “We are making a critique, a moral or ethical study of the current situation or of an old and so I believe that we should also use it for political purposes,” he said.

“CALL ME RADICAL, BUT I’M NOT IN FAVOR OF KILLING GIRLS”

For Natalia Huarte, who in ‘Por hundred millions’ plays one of the wives of the ‘Quini’ kidnappers, it would be “a contradiction” for the world of cinema to ignore such a devastating reality. “I can’t tell anyone if it is an obligation or a responsibility, but I can talk about myself (…) And “I feel the weight of the war, of what is happening in the rest of the world, and as a citizen of the world, I cannot help but feel hurt, scared and even frightened inside,” has stated.

In this sense, Huarte maintains that “when we have a little bit of a speaker” and “a place to be able to say certain things” it is “important to name reality so that we do not only remain in a superficial place.” “And I think it won’t be radicalism or such… but I don’t know, call me radical, but I’m not in favor of killing girls.”“Otón adds.